It may be recalled that CHC founder Kong Hee and other senior
church members were charged in court in June this year for alleged
criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds amounting to
some $24 million. The money was allegedly used to fund the singing
career of Kong's wife, Sun Ho.

Former SCDF commissioner Peter Lim in June was slapped with 10
charges of corruption in a sex-for-contracts scandal involving
three women. Lim, who is married, is accused of engaging in
sexual trysts in 10 different occasions in exchange for favouring
the women’s firms in IT-related tenders called by the SCDF.

Former CNB chief Ng Boon Gay was also charged with obtaining sexual
favours - all in the form of oral sex - from Cecilia Sue, a sales
manager of two IT vendors.

Ng claimed trial in July and the hearings started in September. Sue
and Ng both gave gripping, detailed testimony of their encounters
and stirred the interest of many Singaporeans.

Premiums for commercial vehicles hit $63,035 this month. Motorcycle
premiums reached $2,081 in August while COE for $97,000 in
December.

The fourth story that roused the interest of Singaporeans this year
is the affordability of HDB flat prices. This year, prices for HDB
resale prices continued to soar. A number of flats
were sold for more than a million dollars, the latest being a
Shunfu HUDC that went for a record price of $1.33
million earlier this month.

Frequent SMRT breakdowns takes the fifth spot in top 10 stories of
2012. The entire year has been plagued by train breakdowns starting
from the major MRT disruption on 15 and 17 December last year.

Yahoo! Singapore did a total of 16 bus and train
breakdown-related stories and many more transport-related stories
this year. From the escalator at Toa Payoh MRT station catching fire, to two
workers losing their lives in an MRT
construction site and the major SMRT bus strike, the capability
of our "first class transport" seems to be called into
question.

The graphic provided by Blackbox Research shows the remaining
stories that round out the top 10 list.

Which
big story from this year are you the most interested in? (Image by
BlackBox Research)

Lousy, Fann Sim, lousy ! What is new about HDB
flats prices always soaring, not news any more, it is routine
stuff.......this is nothing worthwhile to mention as Singapore's
biggest stories. So lousy FannSim.....

Lousy, Fann Sim, lousy ! What is new about HDB
flats prices always soaring, not news any more, it is routine
stuff.......this is nothing worthwhile to mention as Singapore's
biggest stories. So lousy FannSim.....